Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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With bear season rapidly approaching, we made another range trip today. My son shot his Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt, with some very mild 250 gr lead bullet ammo, as well as the old Mauser his great-grandfather had built into a .257 Wby back in the late 1940's. That rifle is now shooting every time, but it's still got some feeding glitches that need to be ironed out. I think he'll be hunting mostly with the .30-06 again this year. We might have the .257 sorted out by November for whitetail hunting... Maybe.
I thoroughly enjoyed shooting the .30-30 Glenfield with the little 2.5x Leupold atop. Light, handy package that's very quick to get into action and surprisingly accurate. My handload is a 170 gr Remington "Core Lokt" bullet over 35 grains of BL-C(2) for velocity very similar to factory ammo and pleasing accuracy. Sure is a peach to shoot.
Also had the .375 along, and took a few shots with it as well. Nice... That's a solid thump for sure when it fires!
Was back to using the same load as I used for my 2010 bear hunt; a 260 gr Nosler AccuBond over RL-15 for a mild 2620 fps. Very nice shooting.
We both missed a couple of shots at a rockchuck scampering across the boulders downrange... Fun trying though... :grin:
I thoroughly enjoyed shooting the .30-30 Glenfield with the little 2.5x Leupold atop. Light, handy package that's very quick to get into action and surprisingly accurate. My handload is a 170 gr Remington "Core Lokt" bullet over 35 grains of BL-C(2) for velocity very similar to factory ammo and pleasing accuracy. Sure is a peach to shoot.
Also had the .375 along, and took a few shots with it as well. Nice... That's a solid thump for sure when it fires!
Was back to using the same load as I used for my 2010 bear hunt; a 260 gr Nosler AccuBond over RL-15 for a mild 2620 fps. Very nice shooting.
We both missed a couple of shots at a rockchuck scampering across the boulders downrange... Fun trying though... :grin: